Home values, rents and more in the Lansing metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Lansing metro compares
The typical home in the Lansing metro area is worth about $246,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Lansing metro are 7% below the typical value in Michigan ($264,000) and 33% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Lansing metro rose 3.6%, compared with +3.8% in Michigan and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,302 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 11% below Michigan ($1,457) and 33% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 5.2% over the past year.
The median household income is $72,550, against $72,875 in Michigan and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 479,722 people live in the Lansing metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Lansing metro has the 430th-lowest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 13th-highest of 33 in Michigan with Zillow figures.
Part of: Michigan
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Nearby metro areas
Counties in the Lansing metro
Cities in the Lansing metro
- Lansing, MI $166,000
- East Lansing, MI $317,000
- Okemos, MI $367,000
- Holt, MI $265,000
- Haslett, MI $307,000
- Charlotte, MI $240,000
- Mason, MI $277,000
- Grand Ledge, MI $299,000
- Saint Johns, MI $293,000
- Eaton Rapids, MI $252,000
- Dewitt, MI $323,000
- Williamston, MI $326,000
- Potterville, MI $227,000
- Onondaga, MI $261,000
- Bath, MI $346,000
- Leslie, MI $237,000
- Olivet, MI $236,000
- Bellevue, MI $248,000
- Dimondale, MI $307,000
- Fowler, MI $303,000
- Stockbridge, MI $295,000
- Webberville, MI $277,000
- Ovid, MI $195,000
- Elsie, MI $205,000
- Westphalia, MI $350,000
- Vermontville, MI $235,000
- Sunfield, MI $239,000
- Dansville, MI $286,000
- Mulliken, MI $242,000
- Eagle, MI $328,000
Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.